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Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower Installation Manual

Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower Installation Manual

Ubuntu linux 22.04 lts
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Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS Installation
Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower, Ultra, Tiny

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  • Page 1 Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS Installation Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower, Ultra, Tiny...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Overview ......................... 3 Section 1 – BIOS Setup ..................4 Section 2 – Ubuntu 22.04 Installation ..............7 Section 3 – Install Device Drivers ................15 Section 4 – Install Nvidia Proprietary Drivers ............16 Revision History ....................21...

  • Page 3: Overview

    Overview The purpose of this document is to provide high-level guidance for users to adequately install an Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS operating system on the new ThinkStation P3 Family platforms.

  • Page 4: Section 1 - Bios Setup

    Section 1 – BIOS Setup The first step before installing Linux is to make sure the system BIOS is setup correctly. • Boot into BIOS by pressing the function F1 key at the “Lenovo” splash screen.
  • Page 5 • Tab over to the Security tab and select “Secure Boot”. • Ensure that Secure Boot option is set to “Disabled”.
  • Page 6 • Save changes by pressing F10 function key.

  • Page 7: Section 2 - Ubuntu 22.04 Installation

    2. Insert the USB memory key into one of the USB ports on the system and power on the system. 3. At the Lenovo splash screen, press the function F12 key to enter the BIOS startup menu and select the USB installation media from the list.
  • Page 8 4. Select the ‘Try or Install Ubuntu’ option from the GRUB boot menu and press ‘Enter’. 5. The Ubuntu installation media will begin to load.
  • Page 9 6. The Ubuntu Linux Welcome screen should eventually appear. Select the appropriate language and select ‘Install Ubuntu’. 7. Select the appropriate keyboard layout and ‘Continue’.
  • Page 10 8. If a wireless module is installed in the system, the installation media may prompt the user to connect to a network. In this example, ‘I don’t want to connect to a Wi-Fi network right now’ was selected. 9. Select the type of installation and ‘Continue’. Note: If there is a valid internet connection on the system, items available under the ‘Other options’...
  • Page 11 10. Select ‘Erase disk and install Ubuntu’ to automatically create the file system partitions and ‘Continue’. To manually create file system partitions, select ‘Something else’. Note: If the disk has data on it already the options here may be different. In this document, ‘Erase disk and install Ubuntu’...
  • Page 12 12. Select the appropriate geographical location and ‘Continue’. 13. Fill in the appropriate boxes below and select ‘Continue’.
  • Page 13 14. Let the system finish the installation. 15. Once the installation completes, select ‘Reboot Now’.
  • Page 14 16. Remove the installation media (USB/DVD) and press ‘Enter’. 17. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop screen.

  • Page 15: Section 3 - Install Device Drivers

    Section 3 – Install Device Drivers Most of the standard building blocks used in the ThinkStation P3 platform are native to the Ubuntu Linux 22.04 LTS base kernel. Installing a proprietary graphics driver is recommended to get optimal performance from the graphics card.

  • Page 16: Section 4 - Install Nvidia Proprietary Drivers

    Section 4 – Install Nvidia Proprietary Drivers The below step-by-step instructions on how to install Nvidia proprietary drivers. 1. Download the appropriate Nvidia graphics driver from the Lenovo Support portal. 2. Blacklist the Linux Nouveau driver. • # nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf...
  • Page 17 3. Update the initramfs file and reboot the system. • # update-initramfs -u • # reboot now 4. Once the system reboots to the Linux desktop screen, run the following command as superuser from a terminal window to exit X-windows. •...
  • Page 18 8. The driver will ask whether to install NVIDIA’s 32-bit compatibility libraries. In this example, ‘yes’ was selected. 9. Select ‘OK’ on the following warning message. 10. The driver should continue to install.
  • Page 19 11. Select ‘Yes’ to update the x-configuration file. 12. Select ‘OK’ to acknowledge that the x-configuration file has successfully been updated.
  • Page 20 13. Run the following command to verify the Nvidia driver has been installed and loaded properly, then reboot the system. # nvidia-smi...

  • Page 21: Revision History

    Revision History Version Date Author Changes/Updates 5/23/2023 A. Panteleev Initial launch release.

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